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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

THE NATO-SAUDI-QARTARI SPONSERED FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS INTO SYRIA INCLUDE THE LYBIAN FIGHTING GROUP THAT IS A DECLARED ALLY OF AL QAEDA AND WAHHABI FIGHTERS WHO ARE THE MOST EXTREME OF THE ANTICHRISTIAN MUSLIM RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS.

Michael Collins on a tragedy
nobody at the White House or in Congress will touch: Syrian Christians
being evicted from their homes, assaulted, and killed by NATO-Saudi "democracy" warriors, the Free Syrian Army.

"What really scandalizes us is that the Western
world is encouraging this rise of sectarian violence just to topple the
[al-Assad] regime."
– Mother Agnes Miriam, Syria

NATO and Saudi supported Free Syrian Army democracy warriors are attacking and killing Christians in Syria. Reports indicate that various Christian denominations are special targets for kidnapping, violence and intimidation. (Image) For example:

"Syrian
rebel forces have trapped over 12,000 Greek Catholics in a village
near the Lebanese border, causing shortages of food, medicine and other
urgent supplies."
– CNA, August 25

The Greek Catholics in the village of Reblah may suffer the same fate as Christians in Qusair
who were forced to seek refuge in Lebanon recently after their village
lost supplies for days thanks to the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The
residents were told to leave or face annihilation. They chose to leave.

Mother
Agnes Miriam of the Melkite Catholic monastery near Homs provided
important first hand reporting on the fate of Syria's 10% Christian
population (July at 3:30 and August 2012). She noted that FSA fighters destroyed six Christian churches in the city of Homs. Due to this and other attacks, up to 90% of the Christian population were forced to flee for their lives without their possessions.

United States and NATO Support for those Attacking Christians

On December 11, 2011, Pepe Escobar reported
that 600 troops and weapons were shipped from Libya help topple the
Syrian government. This was just part of the NATO-Saudi-Qatari sponsored
flow of foreignfighters into Syria. This was well before Hillary Clinton's February warning that arming FSA rebels would risk arming terrorist elements among the rebels.

Regrettably, Clinton's statement was dripping with the cynicism of realpolitic. She and the president knew that the core commanders
of the NATO supported Libyan rebels sent to Syria consisted of the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIGF). LIGF was a declared ally of al
Qaeda well before the Arab Spring movement started in 2011 (Al Qa'ida's Foreign Fighters in Iraq, U.S. Military Academy). She also knew that Saudis and Qatar were sponsoring Wahhabi fighters, the most extreme of the anti-Christian Muslim religious zealots.

Libyans and other foreign Islamic extremists flocking to Syria are welcomed at a special NATO-Saudi-Qatari "nerve center" in Adana, Turkey
(near Aleppo, Syria). Just a few miles from embattled Aleppo, Syria,
the center directs "vital military and communications aid to Syria's rebels" as they kill and maim to advance their cause.

Ironically, FSA tactics mirror those used to condemn Saddam Hussein:
the use of human shields in military operations. The rebels moved into
Syria's three largest cities, attacked local authorities (with very
limited support from residents), and incurred the inevitable military
response of the ruling government. The rebels can't win a battle in the
open field. By using the urban population as a shield, the FSA avoids
the risks of an open battle with the regime. (Image: Monastery of St. James)

Blessed are the peacemakers?

Political
leaders in the United States embrace Christianity as an article of
political faith. Few prominent leaders are without a specific religion
and an endorsement by their local pastor, priest, etc. They display
their faith in public and talk about how it rules their life. Yet:

Barak Obama failed to take into account the suffering of Syrian Christians when he sent Hillary Clinton all over the world to gain assistance for the Syrian rebels; and

Under both presidents, Congress failed to do anything more than hold a brief hearing or two where the issue was raised.

Being
a Christian in the Middle East carries special challenges. You are an
identified minority. You are subject to special laws that limit your
rights. Worse, during times of conflict or even times of peace, your
community may be subject to intense discrimination and violence. It is
not a comfortable path. It is a commitment based on deep faith and
loyalty to the teachings of Jesus.

Politicians claim to follow
Jesus but rarely walk the path. They must be called to account. Either
act on your faith or stop lying. Stop using your religion to get elected
and forget everything about it once in office. These politicians
should read Jesus' teachings on peace, expand the principles to all people, and shun intimidation and violence as the first tool of foreign policy.

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About Me

B.S. in Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1960 Ph.D. in Physics, Brown University, 1966. Fellow, American Physical
Society. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Fellow, American Ceramic Society. Member, Geological Society of America, Research Physicist at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC,
1967-2001. Fulbright-García Robles Fellow at Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, 1997. Invited Professor of Research at Universités
de Paris-6 & 7, Lyon-1, et St-Etienne (France) and Tokyo Institute
of Technology, 2000-2004. Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering, University of Arizona, 2004-2005. Consultancy: impactGlass
research international, 2005-present.
Winner, one national and two international research awards and honored
by Brown University with a "Distinguished Graduate School Alumnus
Award." Author, 198 papers in peer-reviewed journals and books, Principal Author of 114 of these.